Super Simple Latkes (Potato Pancakes)

Submitted by LizP5885

"We love potato pancakes in our house, but until I came up with the idea to use pre-shredded frozen potatoes, they were a once a year thing at Hanukkah. Peeling, shredding and draining the potatoes were a real pain. Now that the hard work is done, we can eat them all year long!!! At Passover I will make them with Matzoh Meal instead of flour."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 9 Latkes

ingredients

• 1 (30 ounce) bag frozen potatoes (shredded)
• 1 cup sweet onion, finely diced
• 2 eggs, beaten
• salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 3 tablespoons flour
• vegetable oil (for frying)
• sour cream, for topping
• applesauce, for topping

directions

1. Defrost grated potatoes in a medium-size colander. Press with paper towels to remove excess moisture. There won't be much.
2. Add onion, eggs, salt, pepper and flour. Mixture should be thick and cohesive.
3. Pour about 1/4 inch of oil into a heavy-bottomed frying pan. I use an electric frying pan at 375 so it doesn't get too hot and burn the latkes.
4. Use about 2 Tablespoons potato mixture and place in the oil and press into a patty.
5. Fry for about 3 minutes. Flip and fry for another 3 or so minutes. If pancake cooks too fast, reduce oil's temperature. If it takes longer, turn the oil up so they don't get soggy. Repeat with remaining potato mixture.
6. Drain on paper towels and serve immediately, or keep in a 250 oven on a baking sheet.

Reviews

[DeliciousAsItLooks]

You can't go wrong with fried potatoes! I've never made latkes before, but these were really easy to make and delicious. I made them gluten-free using a GF all-purpose flour and added an extra egg to get them to stick together better. We enjoyed these with a dollop of sour cream.

 

[bidness44]

Our prepackaged potatoes only came in 20 oz pkgs., so I added a grated medium potato to my mix. These turned out just right. Not too eggy, crisp on the outside, tender on the inside. I'd post a picture but....we ate them ALL.

 

[NewMoonCom]

Easy AND delicious!

 

[bloodhound]

I've tried this with the bagged shredded potatoes but not nearly as good, unfortunately, as shredding my own. Not sure why but perhaps the bagged shredded potatoes have a coating on them which makes them not get as soft and then crunchy in the frying pan. Wish it was as good, because its much easier!!

 

[smdntv]

Reading the recipe I realized that this is exactly how I make mine. Always a success, only addition is that you may find you'll need to add a bit of oil after the first batch. If you do add oil be sure to allow time for oil to come back to desired heat before adding latkes.